Lead Professional, Civil Engineering

This Opportunity

WSP USA is currently initiating a search for a Lead Professional, Civil Engineering to join and grow our Mid-Atlantic South District civil team. This position will be located in the Washington, DC or Herndon, Virginia office.

Provides technical and project leadership to ensure civil engineering subject matter, technical deliverables, infrastructure projects and programs are delivered with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry and company standards for design, safety, and functionality. Responsible for ensuring corporate compliance with all Local, State, and Federal engineering, construction, and safety regulations, and providing pragmatic direction to address current and future challenges in a rapidly changing and complex business climate.

This is a highly technical leadership opportunity in a client-facing role. We are seeking a growth-mindset leader to support and augment a key client.

• Provide proactive and strategic leadership as a senior member of the Mid Atlantic civil team, offering direction, expertise, and support to ensure project deliverables and client requirements are successfully achieved for projects led or supported by the civil team.
• Perform engineering review of engineering design plans and specifications, estimates, reports and other deliverables to ensure that they comply with applicable state and/or federal regulations and sound engineering practice and standards.
• Perform engineering reviews of transit stations, bus bays, garages, pedestrian pathways, and related facilities to evaluate compliance with ADA Standards for Accessible Design, DOT regulations, ABA, and agency accessibility standards;
• Assess complex structural and civil engineering elements such as grading, drainage, structural load, and materials durability that impact accessibility compliance and long-term sustainability;
• Review audit data collected by ADA Quality Assurance staff to prepare detailed reports with references to ADA, ABA, DOT (49 CFR Part 37), and agency standards;
• Conduct systemwide trend analysis to identify recurring accessibility issues, systemic risks, and opportunities for long-term improvements;
• Develop prioritized remediation plans that balance severity of defects, safety, customer usability, and capital planning requirements;
• Collaborate with agency departments including Operations, Capital Planning, Safety, Maintenance, and Real Estate to integrate audit findings into project planning and funding decisions;
• Facilitate discussions with internal stakeholders to review audit results, agree on prioritization, and outline remediation strategies;
• Support the development of dashboards and summaries that track defect resolution, remediation progress, and compliance trends for senior leadership;
• Provide engineering judgment to ensure remediation strategies are technically sound, cost effective, and aligned with accessibility best practices;
• Contribute to monthly and annual accessibility compliance reports, linking engineering findings with enterprise-wide accessibility performance metrics; and
• Support agency leadership in demonstrating compliance progress to oversight bodies (i.e., FTA, DOJ, local regulators, etc.) through clear, evidence-based reporting.
• Assist with and/or lead the pursuit and development of business and the successful execution of work for current and potential infrastructure projects within the DC metropolitan region, including standalone projects and task order contracts within the area.
• Support the overall long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development of civil engineering work for WSP in the region, with a focus on infrastructure opportunities in all disciplines (planning, design, and strategic consulting and program/construction management).
• Meet with various public or private entities or individuals to discuss issues relating to a variety of engineering/construction challenges and programs.
• Schedule engineering discipline meetings, providing updates and recommendations to ensure that all reasonable and proper measures are taken to wrap discipline expertise and innovation into project work.
• Serve as one of the civil team’s representatives/liaison to a variety of external entities including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, Clients, Subcontractors, industry-related groups, and various government and community entities.
• Develop and inform proposal and project scopes, timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics – and accountable for planning, development and…